Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

Ongoing shift to edge computing will change data centres

Significant, industry-wide investment in edge computing will change the profile of the data centre ecosystem over the next four years, increasing the edge component of total compute by 29% over that time, from 21% of total compute to 27% in 2026. The magnitude of the...

‘Tatooine-like’ exoplanet spotted by ground-based telescope

A rare exoplanet which orbits around two stars at once - like Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine in the Star Wars universe - has been detected using a ground-based telescope by a team led by the University of Birmingham. The planet, called Kepler-16b, has so far...

Mobile could solve many of Africa’s issues

Mobile technology presents Africa with an unsurpassed opportunity to address its most stubborn development challenges: health, poverty, hunger and education. That's the view of Vuyani Jarana, chief officer of Vodacom Business, who points out that while major strides...

Industry dominance and the privacy puzzle

Data has become the most valuable commodity in the world, just as oil was a century ago - and the concerns are similar, with most of the world's data in the hands of a few giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. NordVPN examines the issue and offers...

Huge Group reports better revenue, profits

The Huge Group has reported a revenue increase of 14% for the year ended 28 February 2017. Gross profit margins were up 18% from 41% to 48%, and EBITDA margin increased 42% from 15,1% to 21,4%. Operating profit was 84% higher, while the operating profit margin...

Digital Bank services from Deloitte

Deloitte has launched Digital Bank, a new services offering for banks to accelerate their digital transformation. It is based on the Salesforce Intelligent Customer Success Platform and uses the Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, to help banks provide tailored...

Get ready for Take a Girl Child to Work Day

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day, which will be held around South Africa this Thursday, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year on global Africa Day (May 25). Cell C regional offices around the country will be hosting learners from their province. Durban, Kwa...

Brett Dawson joins Altron board

Brett Dawson has been appointed as a non-executive director of Allied Electronics (Altron). Dawson was previously the CEO of the Dimension Data Group. During his time at Dimension Data, Dawson drove market leading growth, expanded its geographic footprint from 29...

The many uses and benefits of blockchain

Blockchain applications are being developed in industries from capital markets to supply chains, and the speed at which they are coming to market is increasing. This is according to Arvind Krishna, senior vice president: hybrid cloud and director at IBM Research,...

Mobile ransomware sees massive growth

The global nightmare of ransomware shows no sign of slowing down, with the volume of mobile ransomware rising more than three-fold (3,5 times) during the first few months of the year, according to Kaspersky Lab's Malware Report for Q1, 2017. The number of mobile...

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